Chronic Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C virus clears spontaneously upon immunosuppression discontinuation
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 28th, 2003
"Approximately 85% of acute cases of hepatitis C infection result in chronic hepatitis. Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus has been thought to occur exclusively after acute infection and is associated with a robust cellular immune response," investigators in the United States report.
"We describe here a case of a renal transplant recipient who acquired post-transplant hepatitis C virus infection with rapid histological, progression but who subsequently experienced spontaneous viral clearance along with histological remission after removal of immunosuppression,"...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2003-07-28)
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